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Roo69
06/01/2005, 9:59 AM
vote here (http://www.todayfm.com/Article.asp?id=60341)
patsh
06/01/2005, 11:34 AM
My personal choice would be Loft Holdings Wood by Microdisney.
wws
06/01/2005, 11:37 AM
The Hucklebuck
Hibs4Ever
06/01/2005, 11:41 AM
Green Fields of France by Fureys
noby
06/01/2005, 11:59 AM
The Hucklebuck


Possibly wouldn't qualify seen as
(a) it's not Irish
(b) it's not from the last 25 years

Technicalities, I know.
Lionel Ritchie
06/01/2005, 12:01 PM
vote here (http://www.todayfm.com/Article.asp?id=60341)

I aint voting in no TodayFM poll as I'm sure they'll give it to some U2 song. probably one of their mopier ones ...'One' most likely. y'wanna hear a real song called 'One' -check out Metallicas (written 5 years before U2s) tune of the same name ...now that's a piece of rocknroll.

Not Irish though -so i'll split my vote four ways between Phil Lynotts 'Old Town', Andy White's 'Religious Persuasion', The Golden Hordes '100 Boys' and Microdisneys 'Town To Town'.
wws
06/01/2005, 12:02 PM
Ray Houghtons not Irish but I dont see anyone else clamouring to have that 1-0 stricken from the history books


:p
The Good Son
06/01/2005, 12:09 PM
I'll continue to split the Microdisney support and go for Begging Bowl.
noby
06/01/2005, 12:37 PM
Ray Houghtons not Irish but I dont see anyone else clamouring to have that 1-0 stricken from the history books


:p


:confused: By 'anyone else' are you saying that I am?

Fair enough, Brendan Boyer and the royal showband released the song, I'll give you that much.
It was still at least Thirty Five years ago
SligoRoversfan
06/01/2005, 7:55 PM
With Or Without You-absoulute emotinal talent!!! :D
CollegeTillIDie
06/01/2005, 10:01 PM
The Hucklebuck

it is the past 25 years not 45 years head :p
CollegeTillIDie
06/01/2005, 10:03 PM
Possibly wouldn't qualify seen as
(a) it's not Irish
(b) it's not from the last 25 years

Technicalities, I know.

(a) Eh Brendan Bowyer is from Waterford boy, the song was written by Yanks!
(b) Correctumundo :p


WITH OR WITHOUT YOU by U2... hard to argue with a U.S. #1 on the Billboard Charts ! ;)
Risteard
06/01/2005, 11:44 PM
There's too many brilliant tracks that even the greats are forgettable.
For eg. Heard Mary while ago on the bus home.
Great bit o song-writing.
noby
07/01/2005, 7:42 AM
(a) Eh Brendan Bowyer is from Waterford boy, the song was written by Yanks!


Ok, I was trying to over-emphasise for effect. My humblest apologies to both yourself and wws.
Still about 40 years old though.

As for my choice, I could give a different answer to that question every day.
Yesterday it was MBV - Sometimes.
CollegeTillIDie
07/01/2005, 7:45 AM
Ray Houghtons not Irish but I dont see anyone else clamouring to have that 1-0 stricken from the history books
:p

I am reliably informed that his passport says he is Irish!... Are you calling the Department of Foreign Affairs liars? :D

Always remember only 2 kinds of people in the world ; 1) The Irish 2) those who wish they were :p
patsh
07/01/2005, 8:22 AM
Would "Rainy Night in Soho" count as an Irish song?
Lionel Ritchie
07/01/2005, 9:17 AM
Would "Rainy Night in Soho" count as an Irish song?

absolutley it would!!! (said in a James Brown/Don King accent)
James
07/01/2005, 9:22 AM
Twinkle by Whipping Boy
Partizan
07/01/2005, 2:54 PM
Ghost of a Chance by The Blades.

To me the best Irish single of all time, but then again some crappy sentimental Bono/U2, Boyzone or Westlife trip will get it.

Whats the bet Daniel O'Donnell or Joe Dolan will be in the running. :eek:

P.S. I forgot, Teenage Kicks - The Undertones :p

RIP John Peel.
SligoRoversfan
07/01/2005, 6:40 PM
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU by U2... hard to argue with a U.S. #1 on the Billboard Charts ! ;)


:D :D :D :cool:
CollegeTillIDie
08/01/2005, 12:26 PM
Ghost of a Chance by The Blades.

To me the best Irish single of all time, but then again some crappy sentimental Bono/U2, Boyzone or Westlife trip will get it.

Whats the bet Daniel O'Donnell or Joe Dolan will be in the running. :eek:

P.S. I forgot, Teenage Kicks - The Undertones :p

RIP John Peel.

How the Blades failed to break internationally is one of the great injustices of popular music. Which is why I like football more than music.... it rewards talent more than music does and is less susceptible to fashionable trends.

The only reason I did not suggest the Blades myself is I am torn between about three of their songs.. Downmarket and The Last Man In Europe are a bit special too.

Teenage Kicks I love because even I can play the bar chords to that one on a guitar :p
CollegeTillIDie
08/01/2005, 12:29 PM
Which reminds me....

My Perfect Cousin by The Undertones... best Irish song to namecheck Subbuteo ever... :ball: